The U-2 incident occurred just before a summit in which city?
Paris
Geneva
Reykjavík
Helsinki
Answer
Paris was slated to host the first summit between United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in May of 1960. The high-stakes summit aimed to address escalating Cold War tensions and the ongoing arms race between the superpowers. However, just days before the summit, the U-2 incident—a U.S.
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